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up to Hong Kong to add what they felt they could on what
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The four Commission officials will be accompanied by
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6 national experts, including 1 Britain, who have been
invited on the trip in their personal capacities.
Commission fear of French interference may be over-stated
but reflects France's jealousy over any Commission role.
in nuclear matters. From the point of view of wider
EC/China relations, we here can see no harm in the visit and
would like to give it whatever support we can. However,
your briefing of the Commission officials would have to
go unacknowledged for fear of French and possibly Dutch
reaction, hence the rather round about way the matter has a good expaint my been approached. We would, derajat,
Teking. lende, of de anvergements to and partners in Brandin 7. This letter has been seen in draft by other interested
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departments in the FCO and we all hope that you or Iain
Orr would feel able to meet Davies and Aitken and to
He BTC w introduce them to anyone, perhaps from Economic Services
Branch, who could fill them in on the details of Chinese
resources policy. They plan to arrive in Hong Kong on the
morning of 24 April, departing for China on CAAC flight
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at 1400 on 25 April. They would therefore be available
either during the afternoon of 24 April or the following
morning. Providing you can and of course UKREP Brussels
and Peking-can see no objections, I should be grateful
if something could be set up. It would be useful if we
could have a telegraph reply, including details of whom they
should contact on arrival in Hong Kong.
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